Online trading: Woman duped of 94 lakh, 6 held

NEW DELHI: The Janakpuri police have busted a gang that cheated a usinesswoman-cum-shareholder of Rs 94 lakh by hacking her demat account and selling off her shares. Six people have been arrested in the case while several others are being questioned.

The complainant, Vimlesh Mittal, a resident of Narmada Apartment in Alakananda near CR Park, said she had a demat account with M/S Integrated Enterprises(I) Ltd since 1999. "She had complied with 'Know Your Customer' norms in 2007 as mandated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India by submitting a copy of her PAN card and voter ID. She opened an offline trading account with M/s Integrated Securities Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of M/S Integrated Enterprises (I) Ltd in January 2008," said DCP (west) V Renganathan.

On June 3, 2010, the complainant and her husband, Suresh Kumar Mittal, went abroad and returned to India on March 3 this year. She received demat account statements dated April 19 and May 11 from Integrated Securities Ltd and found that all her shares with 29 companies worth Rs 94,00,000 were sold off without her knowledge.

"She and her husband visited the company to complain about the unauthorized transaction. After scrutinizing records, the company told her that someone might have impersonated her and processed a request to add a new bank account in her name. That same person also submitted documents to convert her offline trading account into an online one and forged her signature to fraudulently sell her shares. The sale proceeds were credited to an account with a private bank in Chandigarh opened in her name. A case was registered at the Janakpuri Police Station and investigation taken up," said the DCP.

Sir, on behalf of PVCHR, I request you to look into the matter and take necessary action.

Hundreds of PG students in private medical colleges may lose seats

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of students who have taken admission in post-graduation courses in private medical colleges paying hefty fees face the danger of losing their seats for no fault of theirs.

Medical Council of India on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it had found several private medical colleges admitting students in post-graduation courses beyond the 50% management quota and encroaching into the state government's share.

This was pure abuse of the process as the management of private medical colleges could not indulge in profiteering on the seats reserved for meritorious students clearing the common entrance test conducted by the state government, MCI's counsel Amarendra Saran told a vacation bench of Justices P Sathasivam and A K Patnaik.

"MCI has a right to discharge those students who have been admitted in excess of the quota and I am making a statement that they will be discharged," Saran said.

He said MCI would discharge students admitted under management quota in excess of the 50% cap and no one should be permitted to claim equity on the ground that he/she had completed studies for six months.

The bench recorded that MCI was free to take action against erring private medical colleges as per its rules and regulations. There are around 13,000 post-graduation seats which are filled under common entrance test.

While dealing with two petitions filed by Kerala and Karnataka private medical college associations, the bench expressed its annoyance over the mess in admissions process created by private medical colleges despite the court earlier fixing dates for completion of intake of students.

Man fakes dad's death to claim 50 lakh insurance

KURUKSHETRA: A Delhi resident was arrested here on Sunday for faking the death of his America-resident father to claim Rs 50 lakh insurance money.

To make the death look real, the son cremated a dog at the cremation ground in Pehowa in the district and also performed his "last rites".

The accused, identified as Chetan Oberoi, resident of Vikaspuri in Delhi, planned this in June last year with the help of six others, police said.

The matter came to light when investigation officer Phool Singh of an America-based insurance company approached Pehowa Police for confirmation of details. Subsequently, the police investigated the matter and chanced upon the shocking incident.

A team of Pehowa Police arrested Oberoi from his apartment in Vikaspuri, New Delhi, on Sunday. His NRI father Janakraj Oberoi is at present in America with his elder son, Harsh, police sources said.

According to the statement made by Chetan, his father died of heart attack at Saraswati Ghat in Pehowa on June 22, 2010, during a visit to Saraswati Ghat from Delhi, investigating police officers said.

To execute his plan successfully, Chetan took the help of a priest, Ram Lal, of the Pehowa cremation ground. The last rites after the so-called death were performed at Pehowa by priests Hemant and Roshan Lal, who also helped complete the rituals of pindan. Pehowa resident Satpal Singh signed as witness in this fake death episode, the police said.

A case has been registered with Pehowa police station on January 23, 2011, against Chetan and the six others for making a fake death certificate.

"We have already taken Chetan Oberoi on police remand and investigations are on into the details of this fake death of his father," said Yashwant Yadav, SHO of Pehowa police station.

Sir, on behalf of PVCHR, I request you to look into the matter and take necessary action.

Mob justice: Hired killer burnt alive before cops

Sanjay Yadav, TNNJun 24, 2011, 04.10am IST

GURGAON: A partisan feud took a violent turn in Hayatpur village on Thursday afternoon as the village sarpanch was shot at and fatally wounded, and angry villagers later burnt alive one of the hired killers. Sources said the mob justice was meted out in the presence of policemen.

Witnesses said village headman Rakesh was fired upon by three gunmen and succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital. The attack took place around 2pm when Rakesh was playing cards with his friends. "The three unidentified youths came on a bike and fired indiscriminately. While Rakesh was grievously injured, another villager, Dharambeer, was also hurt," said a villager who did not wish to be named.

As the gunmen tried to flee, the villagers managed to catch one of them. By then, witnesses said, the police had already arrived in response to a distress call. When the villagers learnt that the sarpanch had succumbed to his injuries they beat up the captured assassin and then, unmindful of the police, doused him and his bike in kerosene and set both on fire.

"When one of the policemen went to rescue the accused, people started pelting stones at us," said a senior Gurgaon police officer who was present at the spot. In response, the police clamed, they rained truncheon blows on the villagers and took some of them into custody. Four policemen and two mediapersons were reported injured.

In the evening, joint commissioner of Gurgaon police Alok Mittal said sarpanch Rakesh was shot dead by three men hired by another Rakesh from the same village who had a grudge against the headman.

"The clash was between two groups of the same village but the assassins were from outside. We have formed 10 teams to catch the main accused Rakesh and the two other gunmen who managed to flee," said Mittal. The police have also announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for the person who helps them catch the main accused.

The sarpanch earlier had a narrow escape on June 3 when he was shot at in broad daylight in the presence of policemen. He was allegedly attacked by his rival Rakesh as he had opposed the digging of an illegal tube well in the village.

Sir, on behalf of PVCHR, I request you to look into the matter and take necessary action.

Kolkata: Seventeen babies died at BC Roy Pediatric Hospital in Kolkata in the last 36 hours, triggering protests by locals and relatives who alleged negligence by doctors even as the West Bengal government ordered an inquiry.

"I admitted my child at 11 pm and at 2:30 am they asked me to buy an injection. I ran around for the medicine since all shops were closed. And when I got the medicine, they administered it only at 8 in the morning but it was too late," Hannan Gazi, Father of Deceased Infant Paradub said.

The hospital staff is also being accused of non-cooperation and indecent behaviour.

Doctor Dilip Kr Pal, Superintendent, BC Roy Pediatric Hospital said, "They are complaining about some erratic behaviour from our staff. They are not complaining about our negligence. Everyone is getting injections, treatment and other support."

This is the only state-run hospital in Kolkata which provides tertiary care facilities in pediatrics and handles a large number of patients but after this incident relatives of patients are considering other options.

Tanushree, Mother of Patient Paradub said, "Today after seeing all this, I consulted my husband and we have decided to get my child admitted to some other hospital."

The Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered an inquiry.

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Chief Minister said, "I want a report within 24 hours. And if any negligence is found on part of anybody, whatever his rank, he will not be spared."

Allegations of medical neglect following infant deaths at this hospital aren't new. But for Mamata Banerjee who's also the health minister of the state, the challenge lies in lot only improving infrastructure at the state run hospitals but also in developing the right work culture among a significant section of government-employed health workers.

Sir, on behalf of PVCHR, I request you to look into the matter and take necessary action.

Budgam: Sonaullah Zargar's family is in a state of shock. The 30-year old forest activist was found dead near a stream a few days ago. Authorities had treated Zargar's death as an accident until his family and locals alleged that a powerful timber mafia and corrupt forest officials could have been behind his death.

A forest officer and three timber smugglers have now been arrested. Zargar was campaigning against timber smuggling in Sukhnag and was mysteriously killed earlier this week.

Victim's wife Saleema said, "They say he drowned. He did not drown. He was killed."

Zargar's neighbour Nazir Ahmad Khan said, "I want to appeal to the police, ministers and Omar Abdullah to get justice for Zargar. He found out the truth, reported it and was murdered. No one will have the courage to come forward again if he doesn't get justice."

Zargar actively campaigned to stop timber smuggling in the forests of Sukhnag in Budgam district and had been able to put a stop to the felling of trees. His family says he often suspected his work was evoking the ire of the local mafia.

While police sources say they will not stop at the three arrests and uncover the timber mafia-officials nexus, the forest activist's killing is a grim fact about how those who blow the whistle about wrong doings are being ruthlessly silenced.

The Omar Abdullah government needs to seriously intervene and deliver a tough message to alleged forest vandals and justice to the victim's family.

Sir, on behalf of PVCHR, I request you to look into the matter and take necessary action.

Did cops chase Surat hookah bar kid to death?

TNNJun 29, 2011, 01.25am IST

SURAT: Did the cops chase schoolboy Palash Wadhwani to his death? Eyewitnesses to the incident in which a 13-year-old fell to his death while fleeing from a police raid on a hookah bar, certainly feel so. "Three kids started running on the roof of the fourth floor with two plainclothes cops in pursuit. The boy who died was trying to jump from one section of the roof to another when he fell," said an eyewitness on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, the police who had denied the raid, has now instituted an inquiry into the incident. "As we have found that the hookah bar was operational we want to investigate the incident in detail. All angles of the incident will be probed," said Sanjay Shrivastava, joint commissioner of police, Range II.

On Tuesday, when deputy police commissioner Raghavendra Vatsa visited the spot to take the statements of eyewitnesses, no one came offered to testify. "Why should I risk my life by giving a statement when it is known that the incident occurred due to police personnel? It is impossible that the police will take action against their own men," said the eyewitness.

In fact, quite a few people saw the boy fall to his death around 12.30 pm at the Agrasen Point Commercial Complex in the upmarket City Lights area.The police are examining call details of the mobile telephones used by the suspected raiding party to find out their movements on Monday afternoon.

Shrivastava ordered a through investigation by Vatsa after junior officials were found to be dragging their feet on the issue. Assistant commissioner of police B Z Patel has been appointed as investigation officer.

"We are investigating how the hookah bar was back in business despite being raided and closed a few months back. We will take action against those responsible for it," promised Shrivastava. Not only was the hookah bar running, it had an extension on the fourth floor. The police took photographs of the hookah bar which was running under the name, Bling Coffee Lounge, and sealed its premises.

Sir, on behalf of PVCHR, I request you to look into the matter and take necessary action.

NID suspends three students for ragging junior in hostel

TNNJun 29, 2011, 12.32am IST

AHMEDABAD: Out of the three students who were involved in an incident of ragging a first-year student at the National Institute of Design (NID), the two under-graduate students have been suspended from the academic programme and barred from entering the hostel for one semester.

The third, who is a PG student, has been allowed to attend his classes but has been barred from the hostel campus for a semester.

The institute announced the disciplinary measures on Tuesday following the submission of post investigation reports by the institute's anti-ragging committee.

The post graduate student who will be allowed to attend classes will be put under strict surveillance for a year, said institute officials. The institute will monitor his attendance, performance and behavior and if he is found to be involved in any such case again, he too will be immediately removed from the academic programme.

A complaint of ragging was lodged by a first year student on June 17. The institute had immediately suspended the three students, who were accused for ragging, from hostel and the academic area. The first year student complained that the three students had barged into his room at night and forced him to smoke cigarettes and abused him verbally.

NID registrar, Vijaya Deshmukh who is also a part of the anti ragging committee said, "The committee spoke to all the students whose names came forth during the enquiry and their involvements were probed. We also spoke to the entire batch of first year students of the undergraduate programme."

Deshmukh said, "The punitive actions have been decided by the institute after taking a complete view of the seriousness of the reported incidence, level and degree of abhorrent behavior by the senior students involved in the acts of ragging."

This is not the first time that NID has received complaints of ragging from its students. In 2009 on June 19, a student of toy and game design at NID was suspended after a female student complained of ragging saying that the student passed lewd remarks to her. On June 18, 2008, NID expelled two students for ragging a first year student. The first year student who was brutally ragged went back home in Kolkata.

Sir, on behalf of PVCHR, I request you to look into the matter and take necessary action.

AIIMS won't take back doc despite cop clean chit in molestation case

The AIIMS will not reinstate a former neurosurgery resident doctor despite a police probe finding no merit to allegations of molestation levelled by the family of an eight-year-old boy being treated by the doctor.

Dr Shejoy P Joshua, MCh neurosurgery student at AIIMS, was sacked on the orders of Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on February 3 after the child's family complained that he had molested the boy inside the doctor's duty room.

The dismissal order stated that Joshua's actions "amount to conduct unbecoming of a medical doctor at the institute".

A police investigation report, however, pointed to several loopholes in the allegations against the doctor. But the AIIMS has decided not to reinstate Joshua, citing "violation of moral conduct".

Speaking to Newsline, a dejected Joshua said: "The police have virtually cleared me of all charges. I have gone through a lie detector test and undergone so many psychological tests."

After Joshua approached the Central Administrative Tribunal in March with an appeal for reinstatement, a notice was sent to AIIMS seeking its response "preferably within three weeks". He said he was called to the institute only on May 9 to present his case again.

Between this period, police submitted a report to AIIMS with psychological assessments of the child and the doctor by three different bodies — NGO Swanchetan, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences and AIIMS itself.

The police report stated that "allegations levelled in the complaint cast doubt on the veracity of the story". The assessment conducted by Professor Manju Mehta, professor of psychiatry at AIIMS, stated that "during interview, the child repeated the exact words written in the complaint submitted by his father. Later, when he was asked other questions, he either refused to answer or was not spontaneous."

AIIMS authorities, however, said that these psychological reports do not prove that the "act of sexual misdemeanour did not take place".

"The police report does not have any proof to say that the allegations are false. Besides, the doctor does not deny he took the patient to the duty room, or that he did not respond to the nurse's call, and open the door when she knocked. These actions are enough to make him guilty of violating the code of conduct," a senior administrative official at AIIMS said.

Sir, on behalf of PVCHR, I request you to look into the matter and take necessary action.